The number of schools that call themselves international is growing exponentially. In addition many other schools are exploring the concept of international-mindedness and what that might mean in the contemporary world of globalisation. This book sets out to provide a critical p…
The well-known international contributors to this book move beyond simply describing the issues, and instead suggest ways in which the complex and often contradictory tensions within the world of international schooling and its global contexts must be examined critically.
References; 6 Teaching and learning in international schools; The international school context; Culture: essentialist and non-essentialist views; Teachers; The teaching of values; Cultural differences; Power distance; Individualism-collectivism; Uncertainty avoidance; Masculinit…
"The age of exploration exposed the limits of available universal histories. Everyday interactions with cultures and societies across the globe brought to light a multiplicity of pasts which proved difficult to reconcile with an emerging sense of unity in the world. Among the fi…
by Greenwood, Anna, Bates, Richard, Crawford, Paul, Memel, Jonathan
by Greenwood, Anna, Bates, Richard, Crawford, Paul, Memel, Jonathan
by Greenwood, Anna, Bates, Richard, Crawford, Paul, Memel, Jonathan
Homes can be both comforting and troubling places. This timely book proposes a new understanding of Florence Nightingales experiences of domestic life and how ideas of home influenced her writings and pioneering work. From her childhood homes in Derbyshire and Hampshire, she vis…
